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1920–21 Rangers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Rangers
season	1920–21
manager	Bill Struth
chairman	John Ure Primrose
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	Ibrox Park
league	Scottish League Division One
league result	1st
P42 W35 D6 L1 F91 A24 Pts76
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Runners-up
season topscorer
Andy Cunningham (27 goals)
league topscorer
Andy Cunningham (24 goals)
prevseason	1919–20
nextseason	1921–22

P42 W35 D6 L1 F91 A24 Pts76 Andy Cunningham (27 goals) Andy Cunningham (24 goals)

The 1920–21 season was the 50th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 48 competitive matches during the 1920–21 season. The side was dominant, claiming victory thirty-five of the 42 league games, winning the league. They only suffered one league loss, which was a 2-0 defeat to Celtic on New Year's Day.

The side also reached the final of the Scottish Cup that season, beating the likes of Alloa Athletic and Dumbarton before a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Partick Thistle.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 Aug 1920	Airdrieonians	H	4–1	12,000	Cunningham (2), Archibald, Cairns
21 Aug 1920	Motherwell	H	2–1	45,000	Walls, Cunningham
24 Aug 1920	Aberdeen	H	2–1	20,000	Cunningham, Cairns
28 Aug 1920	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	15,000	Archibald, Cunningham
01 Sep 1920	Motherwell	A	2–0	25,000	Muirhead, Cunningham
07 Sep 1920	Albion Rovers	H	2–1	12,000	Archibald, Cunningham
11 Sep 1920	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	41,000	Cunningham (2)
20 Sep 1920	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–0	30,000	Cunningham (2), Cairns, Bowie
25 Sep 1920	Aberdeen	A	1–1	21,800	Cunningham
27 Sep 1920	Hibernian	H	1–0	20,000	Cairns
02 Oct 1920	St. Mirren	H	2–0	20,000	Archibald, Cunningham
09 Oct 1920	Dumbarton	A	5–2	10,000	Cunningham (2), Meiklejohn, Cairns, Morton
16 Oct 1920	Partick Thistle	H	3–0	30,000	Archibald (2), Cunningham
23 Oct 1920	Celtic	A	2–1	65,269	Cairns, Morton
30 Oct 1920	Third Lanark	H	2–1	25,000	Cunningham, Morton
06 Nov 1920	Dundee	H	5–0	43,000	Henderson (4), Archibald
13 Nov 1920	Clydebank	A	4–2	22,000	Henderson (4)
20 Nov 1920	Hamilton Academical	H	4–0	25,000	Henderson (2), Cunningham, Bowie
27 Nov 1920	Albion Rovers	A	2–1	22,000	Cairns, Muirhead
04 Dec 1920	Queen's Park	H	3–1	30,000	Muirhead (2), Meiklejohn
11 Dec 1920	Falkirk	H	2–0	25,000	Henderson, Cunningham
18 Dec 1920	Ayr United	A	1–1	13,000	Cunningham
25 Dec 1920	Clyde	A	3–1	36,000	Walls, Cunningham, Henderson
01 Jan 1921	Celtic	H	0–2	69,260
03 Jan 1921	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	42,000	Archibald, Cairns
08 Jan 1921	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	15,000	Henderson (2)
15 Jan 1921	Hamilton Academical	A	1–0	20,000	Morton
22 Jan 1921	Dumbarton	H	2–0	15,000	Cunningham, Cairns
29 Jan 1921	Airdrieonians	A	3–0	17,000	Archibald, Henderson, Morton
09 Feb 1921	Raith Rovers	H	1–0	15,000	Archibald
12 Feb 1921	Dundee	A	2–1	23,000	Henderson, Cairns
02 Mar 1921	Falkirk	A	2–0	9,000	Cairns, Cunningham
09 Mar 1921	Ayr United	H	7–2	8,000	Henderson (4), Archibald, Cunningham, Cairns
19 Mar 1921	Clydebank	H	1–0	15,000	Archibald
28 Mar 1921	Queen's Park	A	1–1	18,000	Dixon
02 Apr 1921	Greenock Morton	A	0–0	15,000
09 Apr 1921	Hibernian	A	1–1	18,000	Archibald
19 Apr 1921	Clyde	H	3–1	10,000	Meiklejohn, Archibald, Henderson
21 Apr 1921	St. Mirren	A	1–0	10,000	Meiklejohn
23 Apr 1921	Third Lanark	A	1–0	30,000	Morton
27 Apr 1921	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0	10,000
30 Apr 1921	Raith Rovers	A	1–0	15,000	Dixon

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
05 Feb 1921	R2	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	67,000	Morton, Henderson
19 Feb 1921	R3	Alloa Athletic	H	0–0	60,000
26 Feb 1921	R3 R	Alloa Athletic	H	4–1	55,000	Cairns (2), Cunningham, Archibald
05 Mar 1921	QF	Dumbarton	A	3–0	6,000	Bowie, Cunningham, Henderson
26 Mar 1921	SF	Albion Rovers	N	4–1	65,000	Cairns (2), Cunningham, Archibald
16 Apr 1921	F	Partick Thistle	N	0–1	28,294

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
SCO William Robb	GK	48	0
Ireland Bert Manderson	DF	47	0
SCO James Smith	DF	9	0
SCO James Bowie	MF	29	3
ENG Arthur Dixon	DF	47	2
SCO James Walls	MF	23	2
SCO Sandy Archibald	MF	44	16
SCO Tommy Muirhead	MF	19	4
SCO Andy Cunningham	MF	46	27
SCO Tommy Cairns	FW	44	16
SCO Alan Morton	MF	45	7
SCO David Meiklejohn	DF	41	4
SCO Harold McKenna	DF	4	0
SCO James Low	MF	3	0
SCO George McQueen	DF	4	0
SCO Thomas Reid	DF	3	0
Ireland Billy McCandless	DF	32	0
SCO Geordie Henderson	FW	29	23
SCO Tommy McDonald	MF	2	0
SCO James Morton	DF	2	0
SCO Alexander Johnstone	MF	3	0
SCO Hector Lawson	MF	2	0
SCO Bob McDermid	FW	2	0

References

(16 April 1921). "Partick Thistles Surprise Mighty Rangers in Final". Star Weekly.

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